When I look in the mirror, I see someone who's happy with how he looks, because I was never one of the handsome Hollywood people. And I've had success as I've gotten older, because I'm able to play characters. I no longer get the girl, but I get the part.

I try to make everyone around me feel comfortable.

I think it would be great for the Academy to recognize old age.

I've always played very human sort of characters.

I've never taken drugs - if you take a drug of your choice, you get some ecstatic feeling.

The first thing I'll do if I want to look really crappy is, I don't wear any makeup at all.

There was a certain moment. I was about 61 - two, three or four, and I got a script. And I sent it back to the producer saying - "I don't wanna do it. The part's too small." And he sent it back to me, he said, "You shouldn't read the lover. You should read the father.